different between foretoken vs precursor
foretoken
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English foretokne, fortacne, from Old English foret?cn, foret?cen (“foretoken, presage, prognostic, prodigy, sign, wonder”), equivalent to fore- +? token. Cognate with Dutch voorteken, German Low German Vörteken, German Vorzeichen.
Noun
foretoken (plural foretokens)
- A prognostic; a premonitory sign; warning or presentment.
Etymology 2
From Middle English *foretoknen, fortaknen, from Old English foret?cnian (“to foreshow”).
Verb
foretoken (third-person singular simple present foretokens, present participle foretokening, simple past and past participle foretokened)
- (transitive) To betoken beforehand; prognosticate; foreshadow; give warning of; presage.
Derived terms
- foretokening
foretoken From the web:
- what does foretoken mean
- what does foretoken
precursor
English
Alternative forms
- præcursor (chiefly obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praecursor (“forerunner”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?i??k??.s??/, /p???k??.s??/
Noun
precursor (plural precursors)
- That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.
- (chemistry) One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.
Related terms
- cursor
Derived terms
- precursory
Translations
Adjective
precursor (not comparable)
- (telecommunications, of intersymbol interference) Caused by the following symbol.
Antonyms
- postcursor
See also
- ISI
References
- precursor at OneLook Dictionary Search
- precursor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Intersymbol interference on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- procurers
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praecuror, praecursorem.
Adjective
precursor (feminine precursora, masculine plural precursors, feminine plural precursores)
- precursory, preceding
Noun
precursor m (plural precursors, feminine precursora)
- precursor
Further reading
- “precursor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “precursor” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “precursor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “precursor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin praecursor
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pre?k?rs?r/
Noun
precursor m (plural precursors, diminutive precursortje n)
- precursor, forerunner
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praecuror, praecursorem.
Noun
precursor m (plural precursores, feminine precursora, feminine plural precursoras)
- precursor; forerunner (something that led to the development of another)
Related terms
- cursor
Adjective
precursor m (feminine singular precursora, masculine plural precursores, feminine plural precursoras, comparable)
- precursory (pertaining to events that will follow)
Further reading
- “precursor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
From French précurseur.
Noun
precursor m (plural precursori)
- precursor
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praecuror, praecursorem.
Adjective
precursor (feminine precursora, masculine plural precursores, feminine plural precursoras)
- precursory, preceding
Noun
precursor m (plural precursores, feminine precursora, feminine plural precursoras)
- precursor, forerunner
Related terms
- cursor
Further reading
- “precursor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
precursor From the web:
- what precursor means
- what precursor to the eu formed in 1957
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- precursors define
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